五辛

Chinese

		five	pungent
simp. and trad. (五辛)		五	辛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsin
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hsin¹
    • Yale: wǔ-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushin
    • Palladius: усинь (usinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ san¹
    • Yale: ńgh sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

五辛

1. (Buddhism) "five pungent roots" (five forbidden vegetables in Buddhist cuisine). Includes garlic and asafoetida; the other three are among Allium victorialis, Allium chinense, Allium fistulosum, Allium macrostemon and Allium tuberosum, according to various sources.

Synonyms

• 五葷／五荤 (wǔhūn)

Derived terms

• 五辛素

 

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “五辛” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].